Editing Plainview, Texas (section)

==Education==
The city is served by the [[Plainview Independent School District]], which enrolled 5,585 students {{As of|2018|lc=y}}.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.plainviewisd.org/site/default.aspx?DomainID=851|title=District Overview / District Overview|website=www.plainviewisd.org|language=en|access-date=December 22, 2018}}</ref> The district attracts transfer students from surrounding school districts. Due to the PISD's size compared to surrounding districts, many of the district's schools provide extensive support for disabled students and students with special needs not available at other schools outside the district, in addition to more specialized courses. The mascot for the [[Plainview High School (Texas)|Plainview High School]] is a grey [[English Bulldog]] nicknamed "Big Red".<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.kcbd.com/story/7143337/plainview-bulldogs|title=Plainview Bulldogs|date=September 28, 2007|website=kcbd.com|language=en-US|access-date=December 22, 2018}}</ref>

[[Wayland Baptist University]], a private, four-year, [[coeducational]], Baptist university, is based in the city. In 1908, when the school was founded, the campus was more than a mile from the city limit. The Museum of the Llano Estacado, now the Mabee Regional Heritage Center, opened in 1976, is located on the university grounds.<ref>{{Cite web|title=Plainview, Texas |last=Davis |first=Charles G. |url=https://tshaonline.org/handbook/online/articles/hep10 |website=www.tshaonline.org |date=June 15, 2010 |access-date=December 22, 2018 |language=en}}</ref> The museum is home to a permanent exhibit featuring artifacts from the [[Plainview Site]], and fossilized remains of a [[Columbian mammoth]] known as the "Imperial Mammoth".<ref>{{Cite web|title=Imperial Mammoth |url=https://www.plainviewtx.org/gallery.aspx?PID=5 |website=Plainview, TX |access-date=December 22, 2018 |language=en}}</ref> The Mabee Regional Heritage Center includes the Jimmy Dean, Llano of the Estacado and Flying Queens museums.

An extension of [[South Plains College]] serves the residents of the city.